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FOLLOWING their eighty-fifth anniversary season, the Australian Boys Choir is returning to Ballarat to perform Bach’s St Mark Passion with Genesis Baroque.<\/p>\n

The performance will centre around a reconstruction of the lost St Mark Passion by Dutch musicologist Robert Koolstra.<\/p>\n

This will be the 1744 version’s premiere in the Southern Hemisphere.<\/p>\n

The performance forms part of a multi-year project where the choir will perform St John Passion in 2026 and culminate with a performance of the St Matthew Passion to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the work in conjunction with the visiting Hannover Boys Choir.<\/p>\n

“It’s no secret that our singers have an affinity for Bach,” said artistic director Nicholas Dinopoulos.<\/p>\n

“Singing his music in Germany back in 2018, in the very church in Leipzig where Bach is buried, still counts as a major highlight in the history of the ABCI.<\/p>\n

“We’ve added more Bach to our repertoire since, and it will be terrific to welcome the Hannover singers in 2027.”<\/p>\n

The libretto of the 1744 version of the St Mark Passion was found in 2011 in St Petersburg and it contains two extra arias which built upon the 1731 original.<\/p>\n

In both cases the music was lost, however, in 1860 German composer and musicologist Wilhelm Rust saw similarities between Bach’s lost St Mark and Trauerode.<\/p>\n

Robert Koolstra reconstructed the lost work and only the recitatives are not composed by Bach.<\/p>\n

“The instrumentation is completely unique” Koolstra said.<\/p>\n

“With parts for two flutes, two oboes d’amore – the lower mezzo-soprano variant of the instrument developed in Leipzig during Bach’s time, two violas da gamba plus lute and strings, the overall sonic effect is sublime.”<\/p>\n

The performance will take place on Saturday 29 March at the Ballarat Central Uniting Church.<\/p>\n

To purchase a ticket, visit the Australian Boys Choir<\/a> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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